In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Robabeh Rezaei, the wife of imprisoned labor activist Reza Shahabi, spoke about her husband’s hunger strike in protest of the prison authorities’ refusal to allow him medical treatment outside.
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300 leading dissidents: Release Tajzadeh from solitary and give him medical attention
More than 300 Iranian activists have issued a statement demanding an easing on the restrictions on Mostafa Tajzadeh, one of Iran’s most prominent pro-reform figures, who is currently serving a six-year jail term in the quarantine ward of the notorious Evin Prison.
One-year jail term for senior teacher activist Ali Akbar Baghani
A senior member of the Teacher’s Union has been sentenced to a year in prison a court in Tehran.
Saleh Moradi’s Physical Health Is At Risk, Needs Hospitalization
It has been reported that Gonabadi dervish, Saleheddin Moradi Sarvestani who has been held for more than 16 months in Shiraz Adel Abad prison is in critical condition.
Trial Date Announced for Gonabadi Dervishes’s Lawyers and Majzooban Noor’s Managers
The trial of seven Nematollahi Gonabadi dervishes will be held in Branch 15 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Salavati in nine consecutive days on 27th Dey till 7th Bahman 1391 (Jan 16-26 2013).
High-ranking official calls for “free” elections
Ayatollah Rafsanjani, the head of Iran’s Expediency Council, hsd called on the Islamic Republic establishment to “hold competitive, free elections that follow the letter of the law” and he recommended the exploitation of “skilled, effective and compassionate Revolutionary forces of all tastes” to find a way out of national […]
Political prisoners call for medical treatment of inmates
Iranian political prisoners have called on the head of Evin Prison to remove the obstacles that restrict the treatment of ailing prisoners.
Nationalist-Religious figures advise against U.S. relations
Iranian Nationalist-Religious figures have warned Iran’s Supreme Leader against re-establishing relations with the United States, calling instead for greater openness in the national political arena.
Senior cleric defends detained opposition leaders
Ayatollah Dastgheib, a dissident Iranian cleric and member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, has issued a statement saying those who put MirHosein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Zahra Rahnavard under house arrest are “guilty of committing a crime.”
Photos: Tehran’s air pollution reaches alarming level
The director of Tehran’s Air Quality Control Company said on Monday that air pollution in the metropolis of Tehran has reached an alarming level.